went out (with)

verb

past tense of go out (with)
as in accompanied
to go on a social engagement with I'm going to go out with that foxy woman from work next Saturday night

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for went out (with)
  1. accompanied
  2. took out
  3. dated
Verb
  • Amin also accompanied the crown prince on his visit to Washington last year, where the governments of the two countries announced a strategic AI partnership.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • While sometimes vitriolic discussions about the gargantuan structures have accompanied increasingly unavoidable AI conversations, data centers themselves have been around since the 1940s.
    — Greta Reich, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of accompanied
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  • Only borrowers who took out or consolidated federal loans before July 1, 2026, can select SRP, while the Tiered Standard Plan is available to older and newer borrowers.
    — Maya Benjamin,Dan Avery, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The second policy was the one Lewis took out on himself on May 15, 1975.
    — Annalise Peterson, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of took out
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  • Neiman’s team dated the snail’s genome duplication to less than a million years ago — incredibly recent in evolutionary terms, but long enough ago for the species to have begun the longer process of adjusting to its heavier genomic load.
    — Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The deeper history comes from dead coral heads, which can be dated using uranium-thorium methods to within a few years, even as far back as 500 years.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of dated
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“Went out (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20out%20%28with%29. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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